Holyland Hoops

Maccabi suffered a bitter 85-83 defeat at the hands of Zalgiris and for all intents and purposes ended their Euroleague Top 8 dreams barring a Purim miracle as their record dropped to 12-15 with three games remaining in the regular season. Maccabi led throughout the contest but coughed up the ball [Read More]

Roye Shelem joined The Sports Rabbi to look at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s do or die matchup against Zalgiris, Yogev Ohayon’s injury for Jerusalem, Holon’s success and the rest of the Israeli hoops scene. Make sure to subscribe on [Read More]

Hapoel Holon dominated a shorthanded Hapoel Jerusalem 101-82 as they completed a full round of 11 games undefeated to move their record to 18-4 and into first place. Dan Shamir’s squad used high energy and a huge 27-11 second quarter to cruise to the 19-point victory. Darion Atkins led the hosts [Read More]

Maccabi Tel Aviv used a dominating first half to upend Hapoel Jerusalem 89-78 in the Israeli Classico at the Pais Arena in the capital city. Scottie Wilbekin was the star of the show with 18 points going 5/7 from beyond the arc, Johnny O’Bryant added 13 points, Tarik Black chipped in with 12 [Read More]

Hapoel Holon dominated a shorthanded Hapoel Jerusalem 101-82 as they completed a full round of 11 games undefeated to move their record to 18-4 and into first place. Dan Shamir’s squad used high energy and a huge 27-11 second quarter to cruise to the 19-point victory. Darion Atkins led the hosts [Read More]

Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to Anadolou EFES 79-71 at Yad Eliyahu as their Euroleague record dropped to 12-14 with four games remaining in the regular season. After a tight first thirty minutes that ended all knotted up at 58-58, EFES dominated the 4th quarter 21-13 to record the victory. Tarik Black [Read More]

Just before Hapoel Jerusalem defeated Neptunas 84-64 in the second game of their two game Champions League Round of 16 series and advanced to the quarterfinals of the competition, NBA All-Star and Reds center Amare Stoudemire received Israeli citizenship at the Minister of Interior, Aryeh Deri’s [Read More]

The Sports Rabbi was joined by Canadian basketball great Dwight Walton who today is a basketball analyst on TSN 690 in Montreal and an assistant coach with the Concordia Stingers as we spoke about his playing career in the Holy Land, for Canada, the state of Canadian and international basketball as [Read More]

Maccabi Tel Aviv used a dominating first half to upend Hapoel Jerusalem 89-78 in the Israeli Classico at the Pais Arena in the capital city. Scottie Wilbekin was the star of the show with 18 points going 5/7 from beyond the arc, Johnny O’Bryant added 13 points, Tarik Black chipped in with 12 [Read More]

Maccabi Tel Aviv took another step towards the Euroleague Top 8 with a 77-70 win over Bayern Munich in Germany. The Yellow & Blue moved their record to 12-13 as they currently sit in 9th place ahead of Panathinaikos and Bayern who also have identical records while Olympiacos and Baskonia sit [Read More]